Description:Said to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the "Book of Amos" is reinterpreted by James Linville in light of new and sometimes controversial historical approaches to the Bible. Amos is read as the literary product of the Persianera community in Judah. Its representations of divinehuman communication are investigated in the context of the ancient writers' own role as transmitters and shapers of religious traditions. Amos's extraordinary poetry expresses mythical conceptions of divine manifestation and a process of destruction and recreation of the cosmos which reveals that behind the appearances of the natural world is a heavenly, cosmic temple.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Amos and the Cosmic Imagination Society for Old Testament Study Monographs. To get started finding Amos and the Cosmic Imagination Society for Old Testament Study Monographs, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
212
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Ashgate Gower
Release
2008
ISBN
0754693554
Amos and the Cosmic Imagination Society for Old Testament Study Monographs
Description: Said to contain the words of the earliest of the biblical prophets (8th century BCE), the "Book of Amos" is reinterpreted by James Linville in light of new and sometimes controversial historical approaches to the Bible. Amos is read as the literary product of the Persianera community in Judah. Its representations of divinehuman communication are investigated in the context of the ancient writers' own role as transmitters and shapers of religious traditions. Amos's extraordinary poetry expresses mythical conceptions of divine manifestation and a process of destruction and recreation of the cosmos which reveals that behind the appearances of the natural world is a heavenly, cosmic temple.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Amos and the Cosmic Imagination Society for Old Testament Study Monographs. To get started finding Amos and the Cosmic Imagination Society for Old Testament Study Monographs, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.